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420 2026 landed on a Monday – and that might make it one of the most useful data points in years.

Every recent 4/20 has come with an asterisk. A Saturday in 2024 that inflated day-of numbers...

Virginia is one of the largest untapped cannabis markets in the eastern United States. With nearly 8.9 million residents, legal possession since 2021, and a pre-existing illicit market estimated at $3 billi...

Cannabis tracking labels are primarily an upstream function. Whether it’s an RFID tag, package ID, or Metrc Retail ID, suppliers and distributors apply the label before product ever reaches your dispensary. Your retail team’s job is receiving, scanning, and reconciling against the transfer manifest. 

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Most dispensaries track which products sell best, but too many don’t track when those products sell best. That’s a problem, because missing seasonal peaks can tie up capital and leave revenue on the table. 

Cova's 2025 cannabis sales data, drawn from dispensaries across more than a dozen U.S. markets, make one thing clear: cannabis category dema...

Dispensary menus have gotten complicated. A typical modern cannabis retailer carries dozens of flower strains, multiple concentrate formats, and a range of edibles, topicals, and accessories. Online shoppers face that entire catalog with no budtender in sight and, too often, no idea where to start. 

AI budtenders are one practical response to that proble...